Safety-catch for brooches



B. BOCCACINI. SAFETY CATCH FOR BROOCHES.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, I919- IN VEN TOR ATTORNEYS BLAISE BOCCACINI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY-CATCH FOR BROOGI-IES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Application filed May 16, 1919; Serial No. 297,527.

To all whom z'tmay concern:

Be-it known that I, Bnusn BOGOACINI, a=citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Safety-Catch for Brooches, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to articles of jewelry or the like, and has particular ref erence to safety catches for cooperation with thepin portion of brooches, breast-pins, emblems or the liketo prevent the accidental or unauthorized opening of the pin from its holdingcatch.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide for a brooch an improvedform of safety catch which is of the most compact and reliable nature with respect to its construction, mode of assemblage, and operation; v

More specifically stated my improved catch comprises a pedestal or frame made of any suitable quality or character of material such assheet-metal and so stamped and folded as to provide not only a seat or socket for the pin but also a space between the seat portions thereof in which is pivotally mounted the improved keeper which swings around an axis parallel to the axis of the pin and which is held in looking position by the interlocking action of the two side portions of the pedestal.

.Vith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of'parts hereinafter described and claimed, andwhile the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still. forthe purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters designate thesame parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a diagrammatic bottom plan view of a brooch showing my improvement.

Fig. 2'is anend view of the same on a larger scale.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but with, the keeper swung open.

Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 5- Of Fig.

Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the pedestal and keeper pivoted thereon.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section on the line 77 of Fig. 2; and

vice to be secured in place by my improvement. 11 indicates a pin pivoted at=12 as usual. to a lug 13 or its equivalent adjacent to one end of the brooch while the point of the pin is adapted to cooperate with. a catch indicated as a whole at 14.

The catch which is the novel feature of this device comprises two principal parts namely the pedestal 15 and the keeper 16. The pedestal, as shown best in Fig. 8, is stamped or otherwise formed from a piece of sheet-metal, in flat form, and consists of two side or wing portions 17 connecting together along a bending lin 18 and bringing the two parts toward each other but spaced preferably with a downward flare or V- opening betwen them as shown at 19 in Figs. 5 and 6. The configuration or design of the wings 17 may vary to a considerable extent without affecting the invention, but each of them includes at its lower end a hook or seat portion 20, the point of the hook being spaced from the main portion of the wing far enough to permit the pin to pass into the seat through the opening, the opening being shown at 21. The openings and seats of the two wing portions must register each to each in order to accommodate the pin as it passes through them both at the same time.

The hook portions of the wings are reduced inthickness, and the heel portions thereof are perforated at 22 for a pivot pin 23. Furthermore the lower edge portion of each of the hook portions of the wings is provided along its inner surface with a groove 24:, the groove of one wing lying in thesame plane as the corresponding feature of the other wing in the finished pedestal. The pedestal being made as stated of sheet metal and with the two wing portions connected only along the bending line 18 there is provided a certain amount of resiliency allowing the wings in the lower portion to be adapted to snap into the adjacent grooves 24 when the keeper is in looking position.

The upper end of the keeper is adapted tospan the opening 21 of the pedestal and abut against the wall of the pedestal at 26 at the lower end of the bending line 18. The corner mid-way between the abutting end and that which is pivoted, is provided with a finger nail projection 27 through which the keeper is opened or swung down-' ward around the pivot 23 into the position shown in Fig. 4C for the release of the pin.

In the practice of this invention the pin is thrust through the garment or fabric as usual and then with the keeper open the point of the pin is passed into the seat 20 of the pedestal through the opening 21. The keeper is then swung around its pivot into the locking position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 where it will be held by the interlocking grooves and ribs 24: and 25.- The normal tendency of the pin is to remain seated in the seat 20 by the combined force of the fullness of the garment through which the pin is projected, supporting the brooch, and the resiliency of the pin if it is not provided with a spring. The normal position of the pin however is maintained by the keeper against any possibility of passing outward through the opening 21 by inadvertence because anytendency of the pin to pass out of the opening 21 will be resisted by the upper end of the keeper which cannot move outward in the direction that the pin may be moving at such time. The tendency of the pin to pass outward through the opening cannot act to swing the keeper downward around its pivot be cause such tendency of the pin, bearing against the end of the keeper, would be rather to maintain the keeper in its locking position than to swing it open-.1 It is to be noted-also that while the brooch is being worn the bottom portion of the keeper bears against the outer surface of the garment through which the pin is projected and so any tendency of the keeper to open inadvertently is resisted not only by. the interlocking grooves and ribs but also by the fact that such opening would be resisted -moderately by said contact with the garment. It is easy however for the keeper to be opened by the application of the thumb or finger nail to the projection 27, and when the keeper by the means above set'forth and intended for such operation.

Iclaim: 1. The combination with a brooch and a pin pivoted to one end thereof, of a safety catch for the point of the pin connected to the opposite end of the brooch, said catch I comprising a pedestal fixed at oneuend to the brooch and including two spaced wing portions flexibly connected to each other, said catch also including a keeper pivoted between said wings and movable around the pin and embracing the side thereof remote from the pivot, said wings serving because of their resiliency to hold the keeper in looking position.

2. The herein described safety catch-for brooches, the same comprising: a pedestal having at one end portion a pair of spaced but registering seat portions, and being provided with an opening betwe'en the points of the seat portions and the body of the pedestal for the passage, of a pin, and a keeper located between the side portions of the pedestal and movable into and out of the space aforesaid, and being provided with means to cause the. interlocking between the keeper and the seat'portion's of the pedestal. V

3. The herein described safety catch for brooches, the same comprising a pedestal composed of two'fiat wing portions connected together along adjacent edges and having at the ends thereof a pair of pin seats, said, seats being spaced from the bending line'portion toadmit the pin to pass into or out of the seats, said seat portions being flexible and movable toward and from each other, and a keeper pivoted between said fiexlble seat portions and having means pro viding for the snapping of the keeper into locking positionin cooperation" with said seat portions.

VBLAISE BOCOAGINI. 

